Dave Rosenthal
70 Cal.
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Rifleman1776 said:Rifleman1776 said:I would say the ruling is correct.
Most shoots/clubs do not allow any rear sights for smoothie matches. Arguing that "some originals had them" doesn't fly. The rules as set by the event are what....well...rule.
FWIW, two events I attend each year prohibit smoothies over 20 ga. for trade gun matches where balls are shot. The 'reasoning' is that large balls, like 12 ga. damage the target frames. Huh?? So...20 ga. balls just bounce off???
I don't like it but thems the rules.
I am rethinking my response.
You should have been told before, or during, the match you gun was not eligible according to the rules.
But, to take away your placing in the matches AFTER the fact and after results were announced was not right. Except for golf, contests are finished and the results set when the final whistle blows.
The club did nothing right in this instance. But, now you know your gun is not rules elgible.
That's my point of view, especially since there aren't any cash prizes involved. And especially since members of the Shoot Committee were made aware of my use of a 10 ga. SxS PRIOR to the March Match :idunno: .
Another Club that I'm a member of and shoot in their Black Powder League considers my gun to be "Smoothbore" and I merrily shoot the thing placing both first & last in my designated Division :haha: . Nothing to prove, except to myself, that it can be done.
Dave